That Time Zack Snyder Asked Christopher Nolan's Blessing to Make Batman Movies

Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy continues to be a high bar for superhero movies, so maybe it's natural that Zack Snyder approached Nolan to ask him for his blessing to make his own movie, the forthcoming Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. Or maybe it's one of those things you really don't want to know.

Snyder told Nolan about his plans: that Superman would be pitted against Batman, and that Batman wouldn't exactly be the good guy. "You tell me if you don’t want me to do it,” Snyder told Nolan, according to a recent interview with Empire. "After a silence, Nolan said, 'Well, we don’t own these characters. When you’re done making Batman movies, someone else will [make them].'"

Woof. That is... not exactly the endorsement you'd be hoping for. That's more like an "I can't stop you," which is true, but damn dude, that's a little cold.

But Snyder was understanding about it. "I think he found it a little bit hard," Snyder said. "I would feel the same way." And according to Nolan, some day he will. Because if Christopher Nolan can't stop you from making a movie, who can?

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